Carl David Bouché (4 June 1809 – 27 September 1881) was a German

botanist Botany, also called plant science, is the branch of natural science and biology studying plants, especially Plant anatomy, their anatomy, Plant taxonomy, taxonomy, and Plant ecology, ecology. A botanist or plant scientist is a scientist who s ...

and gardener. He served as Inspector (technical director) of the Royal Botanic Garden in Berlin from 1843 to 1881. Bouché described 107 plant species.International Plant Names Index
/ref> Bouché was a member of a prominent family of botanists and gardeners. His grandfather, Jean David Bouché (1747–1819), a Berlin nurseryman of French origin, installed glasshouses which became popular with the Prussian nobility. His uncle,

Peter Friedrich Bouché Peter Friedrich Bouché (15 February 1785, in Berlin – 3 April 1856, in Berlin) was a German botany, botanist and entomologist. His collection is in the German Entomological Institute. References

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(1785–1856), and father Peter Karl Bouché (1783–1856) continued the business. Peter Karl was also a student of

Carl Ludwig Willdenow Carl Ludwig Willdenow (22 August 1765 – 10 July 1812) was a German botanist, pharmacist, and plant Taxonomy (biology), taxonomist. He is considered one of the founders of phytogeography, the study of the geographic distribution of plants. ...

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